Django: How to save original filename in FileField?

Question

I want the filenames to be random and therefore I use upload_to function which returns a random filename like so:

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Answer 1

You could go the route of populating the filename during the save process. Obviously you'll have to store the original file name in memory when your get_random_filename runs.

# inside the model
class FooModel(models.Model):
    file = models.FileField(upload_to=get_random_filename)
    filename = models.CharField(max_length=128)

    def save(self, force_insert=False, force_update=False):
        super(FooModel, self).save(force_insert, force_update)
            #Do your code here...